HCONRES 132
107th Congress
House
Foreign Trade and International Finance
Commerce
Electronic commerce
Foreign trade promotion
Free trade
Infrastructure
Infrastructure (Economics)
International Affairs
Internet
Nontariff trade barriers
Science, Technology, Communications
Tariff
Trade agreements
Trade negotiations
Expressing the sense of Congress on the importance of promoting electronic commerce, and for other purposes.
Everywhere this bill has been
3 steps
Introduced
In committee
Reported out
Passed House
Passed Senate
May 18, 2001
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
May 10, 2001
Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
May 10, 2001
Introduced in House
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Plain-English summary
Expresses the sense of Congress that: (1) the Secretary of Commerce and the U.S. Trade Representative should make the promotion of cross-border trade via electronic commerce a high priority; (2) the United States should work with trading partners to develop a cross-border trade regime that promotes the continued growth of electronic commerce and advances the interests of Internet buyers and sellers in different countries; and (3) the United States should encourage members of the World Trade Organization to promote development of infrastructures necessary to conduct e-commerce, to ensure that products delivered electronically receive the most beneficial treatment possible under trade agreements, and to refrain from adopting measures that would constitute trade barriers to electronic commerce.
What's happening now
Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Related & companion bills
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Bill text
1 version
- Introduced in House Formatted Text PDF
Committees of jurisdiction
2
Cosponsors
1
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U.S. Congress. (2026). H. Con. Res. 132: Expressing the sense of Congress on the importance of promoting electronic commerce, and for other purposes.. 107th Congress. Open America. https://openamerica.io/bill/107-HCONRES-132/
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